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Lamb-Hass Avocado fruit cracking and splitting
« on: April 16, 2018, 11:29:19 PM »
I've had a lot of trouble with my Lamb-Hass this winter-spring.
First of all, the rats attacked them on the tree with a vengeance.
I finally began my rat poisoning regimen again, and now have them again under control, no more rat gnawed fruit dropping to the ground.

I'm still trying to judge the best ripening stage for picking them from the tree.
I think I'm getting close to having it figured out.

I'm amazed at how it is still ripening fruit and starting a new very numerous crop for this time next year.
It looks as if it'll be very prolific.

The first fruit picked, I was being pushed by the rats to get them before they did, some were a bit watery and/or stringy.
I think it was due to picking too early from a very young tree.
I'm now trying to leave them on the tree until they color up more.

We have had a very wet winter.
I think it may be affecting the avo fruit.
I noticed a horizontal crack [about 1/4 of the circumference] in the skin of this avo 2 to 3 days ago, while it was still on the tree.
Today, it was on the ground cracked and split like this.
The night after first seeing the crack we had a torrential rain storm, all night without letup.
A day and a half later, it looked like this.
In digging around, I found one reference to this sometimes happening to Lamb-Hass from young trees, but only one with no explanation for the cause.
I'm thinking the rain may have been an influence.

Any thoughts on what has happened?

The good thing is that no rats have been gnawing on it.


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